Ohio 5th in businesses on Fortune 500 list

May 27, 2011 at 10:30a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

Ohio ranks fifth among states when it comes to businesses on the 2011 Fortune 500 list.

The Buckeye State has 27 on the list, four more than it did last year and is led by Dublin-based Cardinal Health, ranked 19th, and Cincinnati-based companies Kroger and Procter & Gamble, which checked in at Nos. 25 and 26, respectively.

Other Ohio companies on the list are Macy’s (107th), Nationwide (127th), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (139th), Progressive (164th), American Electric Power (169th), Eaton (178th) and FirstEnergy (183rd).

Wal-Mart Stores was the No. 1 company for the second consecutive year.